Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-26
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK SALES.
SAN FaANCIsoo, December "a, 1857
MORNING syssIuss
RAILWAY ITEMS.
Largely Increased Travel-Luxurious
SleepinC-Cars for Immigrants. E.c.

Largely Increased Travel-LuxuriOus
SleepingCars for Immigrants, Etc.
T. II. Goodman. General Passenger and
Ticket Agent Of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, announces that the returns of the
west-bound passenger travel from Septem-
Der 1st to December 3lst will show that it
has doubled that of last year. In 1886, for
the same period, it averaged 170 per day,
while this year it has reached daily aver
age of $50.
The Burlingtons new line from Chey-
enne will be opened for passenger traffic in
a few days, and it is the intention of that
| line to run through sleeping-cars from
| Cheyenne to Chicago. This will give pas
| sengers from San Francisco the option of
taking the change to the through cars
either at Council Bluffs or at Cheyenne
without any loss of time
On Tuesday the overland excursion I'M
der the auspices of the Southern and Texas
Pacific Railways will start from Los An
geles. The sleeper-cars will run through to
Kansas City and st. Louis without change.
A special feature in these excursions is the
fact that no extra charge is made for accom-
| modations, such as mattresses, etc., fur
nished by these cars. They will also be
| accompanied by porters for the convenience
of ladies travelling alone.
a new emigrants' sleeper is now ready
| for use on the Southern Pacific Company's
lines. The car is designated the tourist
sleeping-car," and is replete with ingenious
| and thoughtful contrivances for the we'll
being of this class of passengers.
Among the new fittings is the arrange
| ment whereby the upper berths are let
down by cord and pulley system, and are
then secured in their places beyond the
risk of jolting in rough places, by de-
| tachable cord. A table can be let down so
as to extend between each double seat. and
afterward, at night, be shut in flush with
the wall. Movable partitions can be run
out between the berths, making each a
complete Pullman cubicIe in itself. The
whole interior woodwork is of light cedar.
| which makes the general effect very DIFF
/ ferent from the usual somber appearance
of this class of coaches. Special attention
has been paid to the lavatories and TO the
stove for cooking meals while in transit.
The company is manufacturing forty
seven cars OF this type, and intend these
especially for the Ogden emigrant traffic.
They are, however, likely to be soon put
on all over the roads system.
1t is stated at the land office of the South
] ern Pacific Railroad Company that the land
sales for the twelve months up to Deem
Der 3lst will aggregate 100000 acres These
are located chiefly in Fresno, Tulare, Kern
1 ana the northH est portion of Los Angeles
counties, with more limited sales in San
| Bernardino and San Diego counties The
fewer sales in the latter two counties is ow-
ing to the limited amount in those counties
of railroad land. Generally the demand
has been greater than the department could
supply. The May sales alone reached the
enormous figure of 100000 acres
The majority of buyers havs been bona
| fide settlers of a desirable class Others
| have invested with the view of speculation.
Recently a tract Of fifty sections, or 30 600
acres, was disposed of in the northwest
| section OF Los Angeles.
Richard Gray, General Freight Traffic
| Manager of the Southern Pacific, and L. P.
Rogers, General Freight and Passenger
| Agent of the Oregon and California Rail
road, have been engaged some time in
| working out the details of the freight tariff,
which they found great difficulty in har-
monizing. Saturday, however the follow
| ing definite schedule was issued, to take
effect from the 9th inst
The rates are subject to the old Western
classification, and are expressed in cents
per 100 pounds:
CLASSIFIED RATES TO PORTLAND.